The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly, our own criminality that we have to contend.

There is no duty more obligatory than the repayment of kindness.

What is dignity without honesty?

He who has once deviated from the truth, usually commits perjury with as little scruple as he would tell a lie.

It is not the place that maketh the person, but the person that maketh the place honorable.

The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly, our own criminality that we have to contend.

The great theatre for virtue is conscience.